Improvement in bottle-stoppers



UNITED STATES PA E T OEFIQE. l

JOEL B. MILLER, on RONDOUT, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 'ro HIMSELF AND AUGUSTYOST, on SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOTTLE-STOPPERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 156,302, dated October27, 1674; application filed January 31, 1874. 1

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JoEL B. MILLER, of Rondout, in the county of Ulsterand State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inBottle-Stoppers; and I do hereby declare that the following is. afull,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to. theaccompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which vFigure 1 is a vertical section, giving a side view of the attachment,showing the stopper detached from the neck, or loosened so as to allowof the discharge of the contents of the bottle. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection, giving an edge view of the attachment, showing the stopperclosing the neck.

This invention relates to that class of bottle-stopp'ers which arelocated inside the bottle to close the mouth of the same; and itconsists in providing a stopper, arranged in the manner referred to,with a bail or handle hinged or jointed to the top of the stopper, andprovided with an enlarged upper end or eye, which is designed to preventthe stopper from falling to the bottom of the bottle, and also to serveasa handle or finger-loop to facilitate the drawing of the stopper intothe neck of the bottle.

A represents the bottle.

B is the stopper, and O is the attachment.

D is a wire or red which passes longitudinally through the stopper, oris in any manner substantially attached to it, having an eye at itsupper end, to which the handle or bail G is fastened, as seen in thedrawing. The handle or bail is composed of a wire or rod, which is bentto form two parallel arms or legs, and a loop or-eye, F, at its upperend, said loop being designed to prevent the handle from slipping intothe bottle. The handle is staple-shaped, and the legs of the staple bowoutward, so as to form springs which bear against the sides of thethroat.

To fill the bottle or discharge its contents the stopper is forceddown-and suspended in the bottle, as seen in Fig. 1.

For closing the bottle, the stopper is drawn up, as seen in Fig. 2, astightly as it could be if forced down from the outside in the usualmanner. It is forced down, and raised up for opening or closing withperfect ease, the peculiar form of bail or handle greatly facilitatingthe opening and closing of the bottle.

I am aware that internally-located bottlestoppers have been providedwith vertical rigid handles or stems, for manipulating the same, butowing to the rigid character of the handle the stopper is apt to beforced down into the bottle during transportation, and,

furthermore, in dispensing the contents of the bottle, a rigid handlewiltinterfere with the free flow of the liquid.

My invention is designed to avoid these defects, for, by hinging orjointing the handle to the stopper, the same can be turned away pose setforth.

JOEL B.. MILLER. Witnesses:

HENRY Yosr, LEWIS W. Yosr.

